Calm - This piece holds a figure in a favorite yoga position of mine, watching the waves come in and out. I grew up in southern California, and am a big fan of the Pacific Ocean. I took turpentine and washed over the piece to give it a mixed feeling, a coating almost.

While painting this piece and even when I look at it now, I don’t feel like it is a great artwork, or a masterpiece of societal statements, but it is calm. The mistakes don’t matter, the imperfections don’t matter, and no one and nothing is perfect, including me and my artwork. This piece just holds a truth that my painting is for me, for breathing and healing.